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Presentation Information

Presentation
Scheduling

This
year presentation spots are being arranged a little differently. We
will still have twenty-three presentation meetings per year.
Eighteen will have two presenters, while five others will have only
one (for people wishing to present longer works). This will give us a
total of forty-one reading spots per year.

Presentation spots are typically opened about 3-6 months in
advance when we confirm the room bookings with the Library

When
these spots become available the group as a whole will be contacted
to see if any are interested, if we don't receive timely responses.
Then we will begin contacting you directly.

In
the past we have had members who seem reluctant to present. As this
is a group that was forms to give feedback, then we would encourage
you to do so.

Presentation
Issues

If
you are unable to make it to a meeting when you are scheduled to
present, we would appreciate as much notice as possible

If
you let us know in time we will do our best to fill the spot with
another presenter. If one cannot be found then the time will be
devoted to some other activity e.g. A writing exercise, discussion,
book review, etc.

If
you simply don't show on the night you are scheduled to present then
the time will be devoted to some other activity e.g. A writing
exercise, discussion, book review, etc.

On
Presenting Your Work

The
group has twenty-three presentation meetings per year. Eighteen of
these will have two presenters, while five others will have only one
(for people wishing to present longer works). This will give us a
total of forty-one reading spots per year. This allows for about 45
minutes per presenter on a typical night, and substantially more on
single presenter nights. Because of this we found that following
presentation guidelines are necessary.

Submission
Format is Based on the Type of Work You Do

In
all cases double-sided
printing is encouraged
(in order to save paper) when submitting to the group. Even with
screenplays & stage plays although this is not part of the
industry standards mentioned below.

Fiction
/ non-fiction (This is essentially standard manuscript format, which
is what you will need to use for submissions)

Writing
to be reviewed can be submitted to the group at the meeting or via
the Google Drive (into the “For Your Consideration” folder. It
will be deleted from this folder following the meeting (usually the
day after).

Each
reviewer is to write their name at the top of the sheet, so the
author is able to contact them

Please
make legible notes

You
will receive all copies of your work back following the review

Follow
standard writing format. See the previous section for overall
format, but also:

Left
justification is standard, with ragged right edge

The
first line of each paragraph, each occurrence of dialogue or change
of speaker is indented.

Words
in foreign languages (real or fictional) are in italics (e.g., hicesse draconum)